Alix Earle is shutting down hypothesis about her relationship with NFL star Braxton Berrios after followers seen he was absent from the “Dancing With the Stars” Season 34 finale. The influencer and “Sizzling Mess” podcaster, who made all of it the way in which to the finale of the hit ABC competitors collection, sparked concern on-line when viewers realized her boyfriend didn’t attend the dwell taping in Los Angeles on November 25. Earle, who has spent months charming audiences together with her partnership with Val Chmerkovskiy, posted a “post-‘DWTS’ debrief” on TikTok over the weekend, and that’s the place followers began dropping breakup questions. However the 24-year-old shortly set the document straight.

Within the feedback of her newest TikTok, a fan wrote, “Ugh, I hope you and Braxton are nonetheless collectively,” expressing the priority many viewers had after noticing his absence.

Earle replied instantly, writing, “He couldn’t come bc of soccer :(.”

Berrios, who performs broad receiver for the Houston Texans, had a jam-packed NFL schedule that conflicted with the “DWTS” finale. He had a house sport in opposition to the Buffalo Payments on November 20 and an away sport versus the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, making a cross-country journey to L.A. almost not possible.

Earle and Berrios had been first linked in Could 2023 after the NFL star ended his relationship with ex Sophia Culpo. The 2 formally hard-launched their romance in October of that yr in celebration of Berrios’ twenty eighth birthday, immediately changing into one in all social media’s favourite influencer-athlete pairings.

Although he couldn’t be on the “DWTS” finale bodily, Berrios nonetheless despatched his assist. Throughout the finale, a pre-recorded message from the NFL star aired, with him saying, “I’ve watched you pour all the things into this for the reason that second it began, and I believe it exhibits. Good luck. Have enjoyable, babe.”

Regardless of not taking residence the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy, which went to Robert Irwin and accomplice Witney Carson, Earle walked away grateful for the expertise and for the bond she constructed with Chmerkovskiy.

“Having the ability to dance daily has been so superb, so fulfilling and therapeutic,” she instructed E! Information. “After which identical to having such a great greatest pal alongside the way in which, who always uplifts me and helps me daily, is simply so good.”

Val Chmerkovskiy is clearing the air about hypothesis surrounding his partnership with Alix Earle on “Dancing With the Stars.” In a brand new interview with Parade, the longtime professional opened up in regards to the fan chatter that instructed he and the TikTok star weren’t getting alongside through the early weeks of the competitors.

Chmerkovskiy mentioned he sees fan commentary as a “double-edged sword,” explaining, “We need to be celebrated and watched and loved by many, many individuals. That’s why we’re entertaining. However having mentioned that, I’d be very naïve to assume that each single factor I’m going to listen to goes to be constructive or correct, even.”

A few of that suggestions centered on his dynamic with Earle, which viewers speculated was tense, doubtlessly a results of Chmerkovskiy’s famously tough-love instructing model. However the professional dancer insists the reality is much much less dramatic.

“I believe that my strategy, one of many the reason why I’m nonetheless on the present 20 seasons later, apart from my experience or mastery within the craft, I believe a part of it’s the method I present up, and I present up authentically myself,” he instructed the outlet. “I’m not any individual that’s going to turn into greatest associates with any individual inauthentically.”